Question

I have the following settings file:

# ~/.vimrc
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set smarttab
set expandtab
set softtabstop=4
set autoindent

How would I make these settings apply to python only? Also, how would I add python coloring (such as textmate does for each language) ?

Answer 1

I have these lines in my config:

filetype plugin indent on
syntax on
au BufNewFile,BufRead *.py set tabstop=4 softtabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab smarttab autoindent

This may be what you’re looking for with the coloring:
Improved Python syntax, Blackboard color scheme